Sucrose synthase

In enzymology, a sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are NDP-glucose and D-fructose, whereas its two products are NDP and sucrose.

This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases.

The systematic name of this enzyme class is NDP-glucose:D-fructose 2-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase.

This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism.

This EC 2.4 enzyme-related article is a stub.

Ribbon diagram of sucrose synthase-1 3S27.
Ribbon diagram of sucrose synthase-1 3S27 structure, isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana . [ 1 ]